Posts : BMLTA

BMLTA and its effectiveness

idontspam - 14-JUL-2009

In this interview with R Ashok the topic of BMLTA came

Focus needed on Metro Stations...

Ravi_D - 24-JUN-2009

Last evening I noticed contractors starting to work on Mysore Road Station. BMRC's June NewsLetter claims to have awarded most (if not all - I didn't count) of Metro Station related works.

Monthly Praja Meet at Mr. Ravi's office in Cunningham Road

psaram42 - 10-MAY-2009

 The meeting was at Mr. Ravi’s Office which is at Cunningham road. It started at scheduled hour. The following were presnt:

BMTC Meeting Update - Need innovative ideas!

Rithesh - 2-APR-2009

Today, a small team of Praja members interacted with Traffic Team at BMTC headed by the CTM(O). Following are the minutes of the meeting:

The agenda was to look at ways to popularize and increase the ridership of the Volvo services. A two way approach was suggested -

BMLTA - Map Browser

Ravi_D - 19-FEB-2009

Been a while since we talked BMLTA. Browsing their website, found this beta of Map Browser added in Oct '08. Wonder how we didn't notice for so long...

Commendable goal. Quoting their website:

The Map Browser aims to present spatial information on:

Bangalore Cycling Workshop 31 Jan 2009

raviranjan.kumar - 28-JAN-2009

When: 31 Jan 2009. Where: KSRTC Central Office, KH Double Road, Shanthinagar, Bangalore. Entry: Open for all. No entry fee. RSVP: contact@rideacycle.org

 

Road Based Public Transport System for De-Congestion

kbsyed61 - 25-JAN-2009

As we have seen, read and heard about ABIDE, BCIC, BMLTA and various government and non-government agency's plans and efforts to decongest Bengaluru's roads. There is one thing common in all their plans - Public Transport to be the lead entity to de-congestion. In that Public transport system, road based public transport system would be a major share holder. There are no 2 opinions on this.

PIL - To Sort out the Transport Mess

Naveen - 13-NOV-2008

[Note: Work in progress - Copied from an email exchange, needs to be merged with the the PIL draft itself]

Our basic complaint is ----- 

The Challenged Private Sector

murali772 - 2-NOV-2008

Private bus operators at Kalasipalyam, who have been transporting commuters for about 60 years now, still await the day they will get a separate bus stand. There are about 250 private buses that ply daily between the City Market and nearby Hosur, Kolar, Magadi, Tumkur and Chikballapur.

Single body for all transportation works - Pune does it

silkboard - 24-OCT-2008

Learning from mistakes and gaps at other cities - Pune could be doing that. Read this morning, with great interest that Pune has created a special purpose vehicle called Pune Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC). Quoting this story (PIDC cleared), this body will be: